. >> a group of friends that planned to spend the week is now on the road to canada. >> we're heading back. >> 18 hours. >> yes, 18 hours, straight. >> one road off the island was a slow moving mess. storm is fearsome and going to skirt the eastern coastline. >> there have been times when people had sworn to us it's not going to touch us. within three hours it's right on top of us. >> fema is shipping supplies and 300,000 meals to north carolina and massachusetts. >> we could see watching and warnings up the east coast. it's important for residents to have an evacuation plan ready to go if it's called for. >> fema says residents from north carolina to maine should look out for a moving wall of water that could do terrible things in low-lying areas. this is cape cod in the path of earl and home to half a million summer residents. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is here and watching earl. what is it doing right now? >> it's stronger than just a few hours ago, now packing winds of 140 miles an hour. >> that is strong. >> it has an eye on north carolina. let's get you outside. from the eas